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raytaond 

Whitcomb 

Tours 



The 

Raymond-Whitcomb 

Exceptional Tours 

To 

South America 



Small groups 
under escort 
with the character 
and appearance 
of Private Parties 



1918 



Raymond ^ Whitcomb Company 

Boston New York Philadelphia Chicago San Francisco 
Los Angeles Kingston Panama MoUendo Valparaiso 

Buenos Aires Rio de Janeiro 



Copyright, 1917 



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South America 

AND 

Raymond-Whitcomb Service 

Right now, in the winter and spring of 1918, is the 
one best time for you to visit our great neighbor to the 
South of us. 

The "West Coast" of South America is still a land of 
fascinating crudeness — of barbaric color and movement — 
which will give you the feeling of being in at the beginning 
of things — ^will make you feel you are an adventurer — give 
the most blase traveler a thrill of discovery, of romance, 
of mystery. 

This delightful condition cannot last long. New hotels 
are springing up and travel is each year becoming more con- 
ventionalized on the West Coast — as it already is in the 
marvelous and beautiful cities of the East Coast. 

In the very near future to go to Cuzco, Arequipa and 
La Paz will be an every-day-ism. 

If you go now you can feel real traveler-satisfaction 
of accomplishment — ^you will be doing something that few 
if any of your traveling friends have done. And you will 
feel like greeting the man as a brother-in-adventure who says, 
"Yes, I have been to Cuzco and La Paz, and after years of 
world travel they make one of my greatest satisfactions, 
and most colorful, spectacular, romanceful memories!" 

Why not go with us in 1918 while you are yet able to 
experience the emotions of a discoverer — or, as one of our 
guests phrased it, "before South America becomes tourist- 
ified"? 

You would like to go, you say, but you perhaps are 
thinking of "traveling independently," as the phrase goes. 

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Travelers of thorough experience in the United States 
and Europe have discovered that in South America the 
conditions are so strange and utterly new to them that the 
assistance of one who knows is necessary if their journey 
is to be a pleasure trip and not a procession of worries and 
annoyances. 

Now that South America has taken such a firm hold on 
the thought of our country, steamships, trains and hotels in 
the land south of the Equator are crowded at the desirable 
seasons of the year and if your arrangements are not definitely 
made many months in advance by experts you have an al- 
most constant struggle with the conditions. 

The temptation of the people down there is to charge 
the traveler from the outside far beyond the normal prices 
on the assumption that they will never see him again, and 
especially that all "Norte Americanos" are rich. This is a 
source of almost constant irritation to the traveler — in ad- 
dition to the depleting effect on the pocket. We know of 
instances where a hotel charged exactly double its usual 
rates. Further, people who traveled "independently" in 
South America confessed to us that their less complete 
trip, and using inferior hotels to ours — ^which of course were 
the best — ^had cost them more than we charge. They added 
the significant question, "How can you do it at your prices?" 

Thus it is clear the mis-called "independent" traveler in 
South American countries is the least independent of all 
travelers — ^because he is dependent on unusual conditions 
and peoples. 

From our definite knowledge of the conditions we 
unhesitatingly say that a small party under expert man- 
agement affords the one method of South American travel 
that gives unqualified satisfaction and pleasure. 



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An Arcade of La Paz 



Under this method you are really independent — entirely 
free to give yourself up to the complete enjoyment of the 
enthralling things-to-see each day. 

The past two seasons more of us "Yanquis" made this 
exhilarating wonder journey than in any previous year. And 
as in the previous seasons, as many pleasure travelers went 
with the Raymond-Whitcomb small parties as with all other 
parties combined. 

What is more important is that they were glad they did 
go with us. 

Members of our small parties with friends in South 
America reported to us delightedly that it is the gossip of 
the North American colony of Buenos Aires that the Ray- 
mond-Whitcomb parties always come through "B. A." with 



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nothing but pleasant things to report — and that Raymond- 
Whitcomb parties are noticeably composed of the best class 
of "North Americans." 

Such facts are explained by our ideals of service. 

The Raymond-Whitcomb Tours are on the highest 
travel basis (the best hotels and automobiles for sight- 
seeing wherever available) and our methods are such as 
are expected by the best type of travelers. Our Manage- 
ment has the longest experience in the South American field. 
Both our traditions and ideals are exceptional and in living 
up to them we exercise the most conscientious care in the 
selection of men to be in charge of these small parties. 

We are proud of the Raymond-Whitcomb name because 
we know what it stands for. And we intend to continue in 
our spirit of service so that every member of our staff shall be 
increasingly proud of being a Raymond-Whitcomb man, 
and that you — our clients, old or prospective— will be proud 
of being guests and friends of Raymond-Whitcomb. 

We know that to join one of our small parties is the 
one right way to make your South American Tour "a trip of 
unalloyed delight"— as one of our South America guests 
expressed it. 

In this little book we offer what we know to be the best 
Tours to South America — itineraries, quality of arrange- 
ments and the methods used all considered. 

Whichever one of these small parties you join you can 
rest your thought in happy anticipation of a pleasure trip 
carefree and unalloyed. 

Each party is limited to a small membership so as to 
give the appearance of a private party of friends. 

Prompt application thus is important in your own in- 
terest. Won't you write us today? 



SOUTH AMERICA 



THE LAND OF SURPRISES 

You probably know of the wheat fields of Argen- 
tina — ^but do you know that Chile, Central and Southern, 
is one of the most fertile and productive garden and 
orchard countries of the world, and that the fruits at Llai- 
Llai are so beautiful as to give a delightful picture to the 
eye as well as a joy to the palate? 

You probably know of Cuzco as the ancient capital of 
the Incas — ^but do you know that it is actually the most 
perfect specimen of the medieval Spanish city extant, full of 
fascinating life and color? 

You probably know of La Paz as the highest capital of 
the globe — ^but do you know that the approach to it from 
El Alto is one of the most beautiful pictures that greets 
the traveler's eye anywhere, and that the Sunday Morning 
Market of La Paz is filled with thousands — yes, thousands 
— of natives in gorgeously colored costumes, making the 
most brilliant spectacle of its sort in the world? 

You probably know of the Incas, a race that not only 
appeals to the eye but also to the imagination as "a humbled 
people who are as a servant without a master," and even of 
the "Pre-Incas," the Megalithic race — ^but do you know 
the Araucanians of Chile, who are the only unbeaten race of 
Indians and who prove their descent from Asiatic races, even 
to the careless eye, by their features and customs? 

You probably know of the wonderful Inca ruins, such as 
the Fortress of Sacsahuaman — ^but do you know that pro- 
fessional Egyptologists who have visited Cuzco say they are 
more mysterious and interesting than anything in Egypt? 

You probably know of the Desert of Islay as the home 
of the moving sand-dunes — ^but do you know that on our 
afternoon train from MoUendo to Arequipa it yields to you 



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Arcadia in Arequipa 



immense vistas of the most brilliant purples, burnished golds, 
deep-toned crimsons and delicate violets, comparable in 
splendid spaciousness and gorgeous coloring to our Grand 
Canyon and the Painted Desert? 

You probably know of Lake Titicaca as the highest 
navigable lake in the world — ^but do you know that when 
crossing* it on a modem steamship your soul is filled with 
mysterious awe and that your eye feasts on a glorious 
vision at the rising of the sun over the hills across the lake 
against snow-clad Illimanni? 

You probably know of the Vilcanota Valley — ^but do 
you know that the day we pass through it is like a day in the 
Canadian Rockies or Switzerland plus old Spanish bridges, 
terraced hillsides — ''staircase farming" — ^with herds of Al- 



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pacas, Llamas and Vicunas, and throngs of the most picto- 
rial Aymara and Quichua peoples? 

You probably know of Lima, Santiago and Valparaiso as 
busy, thriving cities — ^but do you know that the one yields 
you the joys of old Sevilla, and another the delights of old 
Madrid, while on the other hand the "Vale of Paradise" 
(despite the Spanish tongue) conjures up for you the charms 
of a provincial city of Old England? 

You probably know of Santos and Sao Paulo as the 
greatest coffee marts in the world — ^but do you know that be- 
tween them is the earth's most astonishing railroad with the 
most thrilling and beautiful mountain scenery — and that in 
continuing from Sao Paulo to Rio you have a full day through 
country as thoroughly lovely as New England, plus — and it's 
a very important plus — luxuriant tropical vegetation — 
coffee plantations — orange groves — ^bamboos and palm trees? 

You probably know, perhaps best of all, of Buenos Aires 
and Rio as splendid capitals — ^but no matter how much you 
have heard and read — ^no matter how great the enthusiasms 
of speech and writings of your informants — even there you 
will be surprised — to find that all the astonishing things you 
have heard and read are really, actually true. 



RAYMOND-WHITCOMB TOURS 



WHAT THE MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES 

The membership in each tour covers the entire round 
trip from New York back to New York, with first-class 
passage by steamship, railway, automobile or other con- 
veyance; hotel accommodations at the best hotels; automo- 
bile and carriage drives; guides' fees; sightseeing fees; or- 
dinary fees to hotel servants; all side trips while accom- 
panying the Tour Managers; services of managers, guides 
and interpreters; sleeping-car berths in cases where night 
travel by railway is necessary, and the transportation of 
a steamer trunk and hand baggage. All necessary travel- 
ing expenses for the entire trip are thus included aside 
from the strictly personal items mentioned in the next 
paragraph. 

The tickets do not include wines or mineral waters, 
laundry charges, or steamship stewards fees. These matters 
are wholly of a personal character, and can best be managed 
by the passengers individually. 

NOTES 

Passports are necessary. 

The memberships do not cover expenses incurred from deten- 
tion by enforcement of quarantine regulations, or for anj'- reason what- 
soever beyond the control of the management or its representatives. 

Raymond 8b Whitcomb Company will not be responsible for any 
delay or detention caused by the change of dates of sailing of any 
steamers. Neither will Raymond 8b Whitcomb Company be responsible 
for loss or injury to baggage, although the utmost care will be taken to 
insure its safe transit. Baggage, however, can be insured. 

It may be necessary to alter or modify the program where the com- 
fort and welfare of the passengers can be enhanced thereby, or when 
circumstances beyond the control of the manager render such a course 
necessary. If it should become impracticable oi undesirable to visit 
any particular section included in the itinerary, such changes will be 

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made, but only such alterations of the program will be carried out as 
the case demands. An equitable adjustment with members will be 
made where such changes are attended by lessened expenditure. 

The hotels in the mountain districts naturally are unpretentious 
while in the larger cities they are usually excellent according to Euro- 
pean standards. Our hotel at Buenos Aires is one of the splendid 
hotels of the world. 

The arrangements throughout are of the highest order 
possible, and everything will be done for the comfort and 
pleasure of our guests. 

REGISTRATION METHODS 

Intending members are invited to send in their names 
months in advance, when possible. The parties will be 
limited to a small membership so as to give them the ap- 
pearance of private parties of friends, hence the desirability 
of early registration. A deposit of fifty dollars (credited 
against the final payment) insures a place. In case of with- 
drawal on account of illness, business engagements, or other 
serious cause, the deposit will be refunded if we are promptly 
notified, so that the vacancy may be filled by the next ap- 
plicant. All memberships should be taken and paid for a 
month in advance of the date of leaving. An early decision 
is important in order that the necessary places on trains, 
steamers and at hotels may be secured, in your own interest. 



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The Long Tour of 
South America 

New York, January 12 to New York, May 3 $1,850 

'T^HIS is an unusually thorough tour, including Southern 
Chile, the Garden Spot of the Southern Hemisphere, with 
Araucania and the beautiful Llanquihue Lakes, in addition 
to all of South America that is embraced in other most 
successful tours of ours. 

SPECIAL NOTE 

Members of this Tour who do not desire to travel in high altitudes, and 
thus feel they must miss the Wonders of Cuzco and La Paz, can remain 
in Arequipa {at a delightful suburban villa in a charming old-world 
walled garden) while the rest of the party go to the hill cities. 

The rate for this arrangement. New York, January 12 to New York, 

May 3 is $1,800 

The best hotel in each city will be used invariably 

ITINERARY 

The sailings are approximate; the exact date will be given in 
ample time to the members. 
Saturday, January 12. Sail from New York. 

CUBA 

Wednesday, January 16. We are due in the morning at Havana, the 

capital of Cuba, where we take luncheon and dinner at a hotel on 
the Plaza. We shall visit Monro Castle and Cabanas and take auto- 
mobiles for a drive around Havana, seeing everything in the city 
and the suburban district that should be seen. 
The Banda Municipal de Havana, about seventy-five pieces, one 
of the greatest military bands in the world, plays Wednesday 
evenings in the main Plaza, Parque Central. 
Thursday, January 17. We continue by the same steamship, sailing at 
8.00 a. m. 

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El Congresso of Buenos Aires 



PANAMA 

Sunday, January 20. Arrive at Cristobal in the morning. Continue 
next morning by train across the Isthmus via Gatun to Panama. 
\We shall take automobiles to visit the Gaillard (formerly Culebra) 
Cut, Pedro Miguel and Miraflores Locks, and the Jungle on the 
way to Cascades. Besides these excursions we shall take auto- 
mobiles for a drive about the city of Panama and through the 
Savannahs to the picturesque ruins of Old Panama, sacked by 
the buccaneer Morgan, and make an excursion to the Island of 
Taboga. 

Monday, January 21 to Monday, January 28. At Panama. 

Monday, January 28. Sail from Balboa, the Pacific entrance to the 
Canal. 

PERU AND BOLIVIA 

Saturday, February 2. At Paita, the last call for fine Panama hats. 

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Sunday, February 3. Possible calls at Eten and Pacasmayo. 

Monday, February 4. Possible stop at Salaverry. 

Tuesday, February 5. Arrive in the morning at Callao and continue 
by train to Lima, the capital of Peru. We take carriages to all 
the things-to-see, including Plaza de Armas, the Cathedral (where 
lies the body of Pizarro), San Marcos University (the oldest in the 
new world), Senate Hall of the Inquisition, Paseo Colon and the 
Exposition Buildings. 

Wednesday, February 6. Sail from Callao. 

Friday, February 8. Arrive at Mollendo and continue by train 
through the remarkable Desert of Islay with its famous moving 
sand dunes to Arequipa. Here is the Observatory established 
by Harvard University. 

The visits to Arequipa, to La Paz, the highest city in the world, 
and to Cuzco, the heart of the Inca Empire, are of the greatest 
interest, in addition to their natural attractions of spectacular color 
and movement, because of their atmosphere of Inca and Colo- 
nial Spanish romance, remaining from one of the most picturesque 
periods in history. 

Saturday, February 9. In Arequipa, with an excursion to Harvard 
Observatory. 

Sunday, February lO. Leave Arequipa and arrive at Juliaca. 

Monday, February 11. Leave Juliaca in the morning and after a 
wonderful day in the beautiful Vilcanota Valley arrive in the after- 
noon at Cuzco. 

Tuesday, February 12 and Wednesday, February 13. In Cuzco, the 
Ancient Capital of the Incas, archaeologically and historically one 
of the most impressive places in the world. Ample time is given 
so that justice may be done to the great monuments of a past 
civilization. We shall visit the great Plaza (the largest in South 
America), the impressive Cathedral, the Monastery of Santa 
Domingo (built on the massive foundations of the Inca Temple of 
the Sun), The Spanish Gate, the crowded open-air Market, and 
The-Street-That-Tired-the-Fox. We also make an excursion 
to the Inca Fortress of Sacsahuaman, one of the archaeological won- 

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ders of the world. Cuzco itself is one of our earth's two or three 
most remarkable and pictorial cities which every real traveler 
owes it to himself or herself to see. 

Thursday, February 14. Leave Cuzco by train for Puno, where we 
take a modern steamer to cross beautiful Lake Titicaca, over two 
miles up in the air, an awe-some experience. 

Friday, February 15. Arrive at Guaqui and continue by train, view- 
ing the Pre-Inca Ruins of Tiahuanaco, and arriving in the after- 
noon at La Paz. 

Saturday, February 16 and Sunday, February 17. In La Paz. The 
street scenes and types of this mountain capital are among the 
most interesting and amusing to be found anywhere, while the 
Sunday Morning Market is the most brilliant in gorgeous color of 
anything of the kind on earth. We shall take automobiles for a 
drive around the city and for an excursion to Obrajes, whose sur- 
rounding mountain walls show us unique formations that are most 
weird and fantastic. 

Sunday, February 17. Leave La Paz after lunch for Guaqui and the 
Lake Titicaca steamer. 

Monday, February 18. Arrive early in the morning at Puno and pro- 
ceed by rapid-express train, arriving in the afternoon at Arequipa. 

Tuesday, February 19 to Thursday, February 21. In Arequipa, a hand- 
some Spanish city with a Plaza even finer than that of Lima, rest- 
ing at the foot of snow- clad El Misti. 

Thursday, February 21. Leave Arequipa in the morning, arriving in 
Mollendo for luncheon. 

Friday, February 22. We sail after luncheon for Valparaiso. 

CHILE 

Saturday, February 23. Call at Arica. 

Sunday, February 24. At Iquique. 

Monday, February 25. At Antofagasta. 

Tuesday, February 26. At Coquimbo. 

Wednesday, February 27. We arrive at Valparaiso. We shall take 

automobiles for a drive around the city and make an excursion to 

Miramar and Vina del Mar. 

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Down-town in Rio 



Wednesday, February 27 to Friday, March 1. In Valparaiso. 

Friday, March 1. Leave Valparaiso at noon and late in the afternoon 

arrive at Santiago. We may do part of our sightseeing on the 

return visit. 
Saturday, March 2 and Sunday, March 3. In Santiago, 

SOUTHERN CHILE AND ARAUCANIA 

A notelty in the tourist world and pronounced by former Ambassador 
Bryce one of the most beautiful parts of South America. 

Raymond- Whitcomb parties of 1916 and 1917 were the first and only 
ones ever to visit Southern Chile. 
Monday, March 4. We leave Santiago in the morning by express 

train through beautiful country to Concepcion. 
Tuesday, March 5 to Thursday, March 7. In Concepcion, visiting 

Cerro del Caracol, La Alameda and Laguna de las tres Pascualas, 

and with excursions to Lota and El Agua de las Ninas, on the 

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Bio-Bio. Lota is called The Lovely and her landscape gardens 
and parks are pronounced not only the most beautiful in South 
America but as surpassing even such world-famous beauty-spots 
as Cintra in Portugal, while Concepcion is one of the most charm- 
ing of South American provincial cities. 

Thursday, March 7. Leave Concepcion after luncheon by express 
train and arrive in time for dinner at Temuco. We shall enjoy 
the beautiful gardens and Cerro Cononhuenu and have an excellent 
view of the active volcano Llaima, but the feature of the stay is our 
visit to the Araucanian Rucas. The Araucanians are one of the 
most interesting races in all South America, and their individuality 
is so marked that the Chileans know all this part of their country 
as Araucania. They will sell us postcard pictures of themselves 
and we shall find much entertainment in bargaining with them for 
their curious trinkets and adornments. 

Friday, March 8. Leave Temuco after luncheon by express train and 
arrive in time for dinner at Osorno, where we spend the night. 

Saturday, March 9. We leave Osorno in the morning and arrive for 
luncheon at Puerto Varas, beautifully situated on Lake Llanqui- 
hue (pronounced Yankee-way!) one of the loveliest of lakes in any 
part of the world. The Llanquihue Lake District is one of the 
most frequented summer resorts of the Valparaiso and Santiago 
Chilenos of wealth and fashion. Not only are the Llanquihue and 
its near-by sisters. All Saints Lake and Enchanted Lake, a deUght 
to the eye in themselves but the surrounding mountain peaks have 
few rivals in snow-white beauty outside of Switzerland. There 
will be an excursion across the lake to Ensenada, and the oppor- 
tunity given those who wish it to take a horse-back ride to a 
near-by waterfall. 

Saturday, March 9 to Monday, March 11. At Puerto Varas. 

Tuesday, March 12. We proceed to Puerto Montt, an hour away, 
the terminus of the railway. 

Tuesday, March 12 and Wednesday, March 13. In Puerto Montt. 

Thursday, March 14. We leave in the morning by express train and 
arrive late in the afternoon at Valdivia. 

Friday, March 15. At Valdivia, visiting the beautiful Quinta Voss and 

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A Jungfrau of Southern Chile 

Quinta Miraflores, Angachilla Nuevo and Angachilla Viejo, and 
making an excursion by steamer to Corral, on the sea. 

Saturday, March 16. Leave Valdivia in the morning and arrive the 
next morning in Santiago, the beautiful capital of Chile, We shall 
take automobiles to Santa Lucia, Parque Cousino, the Plaza, Club 
Hipico, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Quinta Normal, and the Alameda 
de las Delicias. We shall also make a delightful excursion into 
the country to Apoquindo. 

Sunday, March 17 and Monday, March 18. In Santiago. 

Monday, March 18. We leave Santiago at noon and arrive in time 
for dinner at Los Andes. 

ARGENTINA 

Tuesday, March 19. We continue by train of the Trans Andine Rail- 
way across the Andes, with views of Aconcagua and the Penitentes, 
and arrive for dinner at Mendoza, a typical and most interesting 
Argentine provincial city. 

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Wednesday, March 20. In the morning we take automobiles to visit a 
great Winery (Bodega) and Gloria, the remarkable monument to 
San Martin. After luncheon we continue by sleeping- and dining- 
car train on our way across the Pampas. 

Thursday, March 21. We arrive in Buenos Aires, the capital of the 
Argentine Republic and the greatest metropolitan centre of South 
America. Our hotel is not only the most luxurious in South 
America but one of the great hotels of the world. Buenos Aires 
calls itself the "Paris of South America," and what is more it de- 
serves the title — a great modern world capital of well over a 
million and a half people. Avenida de Mayo forcibly recalls the 
Paris Boulevards, while Palermo no less brings to mind the Bois de 
Boulogne. Our sightseeing, as always, will be thorough. We 
shall take automobiles for drives which will include Avenida de 
Mayo, the Congress©, Teatro Colon, La Prensa, Florida, with its 
splendid shops and Jockey Club, Plaza de Mayo, the Cathedral, 
Recoleta, the Zoological and Botanical Gardens, Palermo and so 
on. 

One day we shall make an excursion to the popular resort El Tigre, 
with a launch trip through its fascinating network of canals, while 
on another day those who wish it will be given an excursion to the 
"model city" of La Plata. 

Thursday, March 21 to Thursday, March 28. In Buenos Aires. 

Thursday, March 28. Sail from Buenos Aires. 

URUGUAY 

Friday, March 29. We call at Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. 
Montevideo is a splendidly built modern city with great public 
buildings and an unusual number of beautiful parks and pleasure 
grounds. Its nearby seaside resorts readily suggest Monte Carlo. 
We shall take automobiles for a long drive that will include Par- 
que Urbano, Rambla and Playa Pocitas, Paseo Molino, the Prado 
and Rosarium, Playa Capurro, Villa Dolores, Teatro Solis and the 
principal public buildings and plazas. 

BRAZIL 

Monday, April 1. We disembark at Santos, which is not only the 
greatest coffee port in the world but a surprisingly clean and at- 
tractive little city. We shall take automobiles around the town 

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and out to and along The Praia, a long beach of unusual beauty. 
Later we shall proceed by river boat and train and arrive at Guaru- 
ja. 

Tuesday, April 2. At Guaruja, a most delightful seaside resort with a 
hotel that would do credit to Ostende or Trouville. This visit will 
prove not only a novel but a very charming diversion. 

Wednesday, April 3. Return to Santos and continue by express train, 
arriving in the late afternoon at Sao Paulo. The Sao Paulo Rail- 
road is, for its length, the most expensively built road on earth 
and the traveler gasps in astonishment at the apparent extrava- 
gance of its builders. 

Further, the mountain and canyon scenery along the way is of 
the beauty that thrills. 

Thursday, April 4 and Friday, April 5. In Sao Paulo, the metropolis of 
Brazil's great coffee region and capital of the Province of Sao Paulo. 
We shall take automobiles for a drive which will show us thoroughly 
the city itself with the Theatro Municipal and Parque Municipal, 
Avenida Paulista, Ypiranga and so on. Further, we shall motor 
out into the country and, with the courteous permission of its 
eminent founder. Dr. Vitale Brazil, visit the Instituto Boutantan, 
familiarly known as "The Snake Farm." From the sightseeing 
viewpoint this extraordinary place is unique and of weird fascina- 
tion. 

Saturday, April 6. We leave in the morning by rapid express train of 
dining- and parlor-cars and arrive in time for dinner at Rio. The 
entire day is a journey of delight, through a country-side of en- 
trancing beauty. 

Sunday, April 7 to Tuesday, April 16. In Rio de Janeiro, the capital of 
Brazil and with no doubt whatever (considering the town and en- 
virons as a unit) the most beautiful city in the world. We shall 
take automobiles to everything that should be seen in the city, 
including the splendid Avenida Rio Branco, Gloria, the Mon- 
roe Palace, Theatro Municipal, Avenida Beira Mar, a seaside boul- 
evard without a peer, Botofogo, the Botanical Gardens, after 
Buitenzorg the finest extant, Leme, Boulevard Atlantica and so 
forth. 

One day an excursion will be made by automobile to Tijuca re- 
turning by the way of Gavea and visiting Cascatinhas, the Em- 

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peror's Table, Vista Chinesa and the very curious Furnas' de 
Agassiz. Another day we shall make an excursion by rack rail- 
way to Corcovado from which remarkable peak we shall enjoy one 
of earth's most magnificent panoramas. 

On still another day we shall make an excursion by Aerial Railway 
to the summit of Sugar Loaf — ^Pao do Assucar — giving us another 
beautiful view of Guanabara Bay and its islands as well as an amus- 
ing and thrilling experience. Those who wish will be given a trip 
to Petropolis, while another charming excursion will take us across 
the bay to Nichteroy and Sao Francisco. 

Our visit in lovely Rio is a fitting climax to one of the most wonder- 
ful pleasure-journeys in this beautiful world of ours. 

Tuesday, April 16. We are due to sail from Rio by a Lamport 8b Holt 
or Lloyd Brazileiro liner, hotel accommodations ending with lunch 
this day. 

Friday, April 19. We may call at Bahia. 

WEST INDIES 
Friday, April 26. We expect to stop at Port of Spain, Trinidad, with 

an automobile drive to Maraval Reservoir and the Coolie Village, 

and luncheon at the hotel. 
Saturday, April 27. With the usual day at Bridgetown, Barbados we 

shall take a delightful automobile drive to the eastern shore of the 

island to visit ancient St. John's Church and Codrington College. 

We shall then have luncheon at a hotel delightfully situated 

overlooking the sea. 

THE HOMELAND 
Friday, May 3. We are due in New York, concluding a wonderful 
round of travel. 



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The Winter Tour of 
South America 

New York, February 9 to New York, May 17 $1,535 

T^HIS Tour, which has proven immensely popular the 
past few years, includes Cuba, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, 
Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Barbados — 
a wonderful journey for the time used. 

SPECIAL NOTE 

Members who do not desire to travel in high altitudes, and thus feel 
they must miss the wonders of Cuzco and La Paz, can remain in Arequipa 
(at a delightful suburban villa in a charming old-world walled garden) 
while the rest of the party go to the hill cities. 

The rate for this arrangement, New York, February 9 to New 

York, May 17, is $1,485 

The best hotel in each city will be used invariably 

ITINERARY 

The sailings are approximate; the exact dates will be given in 
ample time to the members. 
Saturday, February 9. Sail from New York. 

CUBA 

Wednesday, February 13. We are due in the morning at Havana, the 

delightful, typically Spanish Capital of Cuba, where we take 
luncheon and dinner at a hotel on the Plaza. We shall visit Morro 
Castle and Cabanas and take automobiles for a drive around 
Havana, seeing everything in the city and the suburban district 
that should be seen. 

The Banda Municipal de Havana, about seventy-five pieces, one 
of the greatest military bands in the world, plays Wednesday 
evenings in the main Plaza, Parque Central. 
Thursday, February 14. We continue by the same steamship, sailing 
at 8.00 a. m. 

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PANAMA 

Sunday, February 17. We arrive at Cristobal in the morning. Con- 
tinue next morning by train across the Isthmus via Gatun to 
Panama. We shall take automobiles to visit the Gaillard (for- 
merly Culebra) Cut, Pedro Miguel and Miraflores Locks, and the 
Jungle on the way to Cascadas. Besides these excursions we shall 
take automobiles for a drive about the city of Panama and through 
the Savannahs to the picturesque ruins of Old Panama, sacked by 
the buccaneer Morgan, and make an excursion to the Island of 
Taboga. 

Monday, February 18 to Monday, February 25. At Panama. 

Monday, February 25. Sail from Balboa, the Pacific entrance to the 
Canal. 

PERU AND BOLIVIA 

Saturday, March 2. At Paita, the last call for fine Panama hats. 

Sunday, March 3. Possible calls at Eten and Pacasmayo. 

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Monday, March 4. Possible stop at Salaverry. 

Tuesday, March 5. Arrive in the morning at Callao and continue by- 
train to Lima, the capital of Peru. We take carriages to all the 
things- to-see, including Plaza de Armas, the Cathedral (where 
lies the body of Pizarro), San Marcos University (the oldest in the 
new world). Senate Hall of the Inquisition, Paseo Colon and 
the Exposition Buildings. 

Wednesday, March 6. Sail from Callao. 

Friday, March 8. Arrive at Mollendo and continue by train through 
the remarkable Desert of Islay with its famous moving sand dunes 
to Arequipa. Here is the Observatory established by Harvard Uni- 
versity. The visits to Arequipa, to La Paz, the highest city in 
the world, and to Cuzco, the heart of the Inca Empire, are of 
the greatest interest, in addition to their natural attractions of 
spectacular color and movement, because of their atmosphere of 
Inca and Colonial Spanish romance. 

Saturday, March 9. In Arequipa, with an excursion to Harvard 
Observatory. 

Sunday, March 10. Leave Arequipa and arrive at Juliaca. 

Monday, March 11. Leave Juliaca in the morning and after a wonder- 
ful day in the beautiful Vilcanota Valley arrive in the afternoon at 
Cuzco. 

Tuesday, March 12 and Wednesday, March 13. In Cuzco, the Ancient 
Capital of the Incas, archaeologically and historically one of the 
most impressive places in the world. Ample time is given so that 
justice may be done to the great monuments of a past civilization. 
We shall visit the great Plaza (the largest in South America), the 
impressive Cathedral, the Monastery of Santa Domingo (built 
on the massive foimdations of the Inca Temple of the Sun), the 
Spanish Gate, the crowded open-air Market and The Street-That- 
Tired-the-Fox. We also make an excursion to the Inca Fortress 
of Sacsahuaman, one of the archaeological wonders of the world. 
Cuzco itself is one of our earth's two or three most remarkable and 
pictorial cities, which every real traveler owes it to himself or 
herself to see. 

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Thursday, March 14. Leave Cuzco by train for Puno, where we take a 
modem steamer to cross beautiful Lake Titicaca, over two miles up 
in the air, an awe-some experience. 

Friday, March 15. Arrive at Guaqui and continue by train, viewing 
the Pre-Inca Ruins of Tiahuanaco, and arriving in the afternoon at 
La Paz. 

Saturday, March 16 and Sunday, March 17. In La Paz. The street 
scenes and types of this mountain capital are among the most in - 
teresting and amusing to be found anywhere, while the Sunday 
Morning Market is the most brilliant in gorgeous color of anything 
of the kind on earth. We shall take automobiles for a drive around 
the city and for an excursion to Obrajes, whose surrounding moun- 
tain walls show us unique formations that are most weird and fan- 
tastic. 

Sunday, March 17. Leave La Paz after lunch for Guaqui and the Lake 
Titicaca steamer. 

Monday, March 18. Arrive early in the morning at Puno and proceed 
by rapid-express train, arriving in the afternoon at Arequipa. 

Tuesday, March 19 to Thursday, March 21. In Arequipa, a handsome 
Spanish city with a Plaza even finer than that of Lima, resting at 
the foot of snow-clad El Misti. 

Thursday, March 21. Leave Arequipa in the morning, arriving in 
MoUendo for luncheon. 

Friday, March 22. We sail after luncheon for Valparaiso. 

Saturday, March 23. Call at Arica. 

Sunday, March 24. At Iquique. 

Monday, March 25. At Antofagasta. 

Tuesday, March 26. At Coquimbo. 

Wednesday, March 27. We arrive at Valparaiso. We shall take 
automobiles for a drive around the city and make an excursion 
to Miramar and Vina del Mar. 

Wednesday, March 27 to Friday, March 29. In Valparaiso. 

Friday, March 29. We leave Valparaiso by express train and arrive in 
Santiago, the beautiful capital of Chile. We shall take automo- 
biles to Santa Lucia, Parque Cousino, the Plaza, Club^Hipico, 
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Quinta Normal, and the Alameda de las 

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A Corner of the Sunday Market in La Paz 



Delicias. We shall also make a delightful excursion into the 

country to Apoquindo. 
Friday, March 29 to Monday, April 1. In Santiago. 
Monday, April 1. We leave Santiago at noon and arrive in time for 

dinner at Los Andes. 

ARGENTINA 

Tuesday, April 2. We continue by train of the Trans Andine Railway 
across the Andes, with views of Aconcagua and the Penitentes, and 
arrive for dinner at Mendoza, a typical and most interesting Ar- 
gentine provincial city. 

Wednesday, April 3. In the morning we take automobiles to visit a 
great Winery (Bodega) and Gloria, the remarkable monument to 
San Martin. After luncheon we continue by sleeping- and dining- 
car train on our way across the Pampas. 

Thursday, April 4. We arrive in Buenos Aires, the capital of the Ar- 

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gentine Republic and the greatest metropolitan centre of South 
America. Our hotel is not only the most luxurious in South 
America, but one of the great hotels of the world. Buenos Aires 
calls itself the "Paris of South America," and what is more it 
deserves the title — a great modern world capital of well over a 
million and a half people. Avenida de Mayo forcibly recalls the 
Paris Boulevard while Palermo no less brings to mind the Bois de 
Boulogne. Our sightseeing, as always, will be thorough. We 
shall take automobiles for drives which will include Avenida de 
Mayo, the Congresso, Teatro Colon, La Prensa, Florida, with its 
splendid shops and Jockey Club, Plaza de Mayo, the Cathedral, 
Recoleta, the Zoological and Botanical Gardens, Palermo and so on. 
One day we shall make an excursion to the popular resort El Tigre, 
with a launch trip through its fascinating network of canals, while 
on another day those who wish it will be given an excursion to the 
"model city" of La Plata. 

Thursday, April 4 to Thursday, April 11. In Buenos Aires. 

Thursday, April 11. We sail from Buenos Aires. 

URUGUAY 

Friday, April 12. We are in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. 
Montevideo is a splendidly built modern city with great public 
buildings and an unusual number of beautiful parks and pleasure 
grounds. Its nearby seaside resorts readily suggest Monte Carlo. 
We shall take automobiles for a long drive that will include Par- 
que Urbano, Rambla and Playa Pocitas, Paseo Molino, The Prado 
and Rosarium, Playa Capurro, Villa Dolores, Teatro Solis, and 
the principal public buildings and plazas. 

BRAZIL 
Monday, April 15. We disembark at Santos, which is not only the 
greatest coffee port in the world but a surprisingly clean and at- 
tractive little city. We shall take automobiles around the town 
and out to and along the Praia, a long beach of unusual beauty. 
We shall then proceed by river boat and train to Guaruja, a most 
delightful seaside resort whose hotel would do credit to Ostende or 
Trouville. This visit will prove not only a novel but a very 
charming diversion. 

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After luncheon we return to Santos and continue by express train, 
arriving in the late afternoon at Sao Paulo. The Sao Paulo Rail- 
road is, for its length, the most expensively built road on earth 
and the traveler gasps in astonishment at the apparent extrava- 
gance of its builders. 

Further, the mountain and canyon scenery along the way is of the 
beauty that thrills. 
Tuesday, April 16. In Sao Paulo, the metropolis of Brazil's great coffee 
region and capital of the Province of Sao Paulo. We shall take 
automobiles for a drive which will show us thoroughly the city 
itself with the Theatro Municipal and Parque Municipal, Avenida 
Paulista, Ypiranga and so on. Further, we shall motor out into 
the country, and, with the courteous permission of its eminent 
founder. Dr. Vitale Brazil, visit the Instituto Boutantan, familiarly 
known as "The Snake Farm." From the sightseeing viewpoint 
this extraordinary place is unique and of weird fascination. 



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Wednesday, April 17. We leave in the morning by rapid express train 
of dining- and parlor-cars and arrive in time for dinner at Rio. 
The entire day is a journey of delight, through a country-side of 
entrancing beauty. 

Thursday, April 18 to Tuesday, April 30. In Rio de Janeiro, the capital 
of Brazil and with no doubt whatever (considering the town and 
environs as a unit) the most beautiful city in the world. We 
shall take automobiles to everything that should be seen in the 
city, including the splendid Avenida Rio Branco, Gloria, the Mon- 
roe Palace, Theatro Municipal, Avenida Beira Mar, a seaside 
boulevard without a peer, Botofogo, the Botanical Gardens, after 
Buitenzorg the finest extant, Leme, Boulevard Atlantica and so 
forth. 

One day an excursion will be made by automobile to Tijuca, re- 
turning by the way of Gavea and visiting Cascatinhas, the Em- 
peror's Table, Vista Chinesa and the very curious Furnas de 
Agassiz. 

Another day we shall make an excursion by rack railway to Cor- 
covado, from which remarkable peak we shall enjoy one of earth's 
most magnificent panoramas. 

On still another day we shall make an excursion by Aerial Railway 
to the summit of Sugar Loaf — Pao do Assucar — giving us another 
beautiful view of Guanabara Bay and its islands as well as an amus- 
ing and thrilling experience. Those who wish will be given a trip 
to Petropolis, while another charming excursion will take us across 
the bay to Nichteroy and Sao Francisco. 

Our visit in lovely Rio is a fitting climax to one of the most wonder- 
ful pleasure-journeys in this beautiful world of ours. 

Tuesday, April 30. We sail from Rio by a splendid modern Lamport & 
Holt or Lloyd Brazileiro liner, hotel accommodations ending with 
luncheon this day. 

Friday, May 3. We may call at Bahia. 

WEST INDIES 

Friday, May 10. We expect to stop at Port of Spain, Trinidad, with 
an automobile drive to Maraval Reservoir and the Coolie Village 
and luncheon at the hotel. 

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Saturday, May 11. With the usual day at Bridgetown, Barbados we 

shall^take a delightful automobile drive to the eastern shore of the 
island to visit ancient St. John's Church and Codrington CoUeg e. 
We shall then have luncheon at a hotel delightfully situated 
overlooking the sea. 

THE HOMELAND 

Friday, May 17. We are due in New York, ending a remarkable and 
delightful journey. 



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